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In the last 10-20 years, attitudes toward LGBTQ+ people in America have shifted due to more positive visibility and evolving cultural norms. Cynthia takes a look at two moments from 1970s television that revealed glimpses of LGBTQ+ allyship—a talk show moment and a 1974 episode of Police Woman. In 1970, June Lockhart appeared on The Virginia Graham Show and stopped the hostess in her tracks, pushing back on stereotypes and tropes common for the time. And the story of how a 54-year-old clip is available for viewing is its own testament to advocacy. LGBTQ+ scholar and media documentarian Steven Capsuto's book, Alternate Channels, helped Cynthia connect the June Lockhart dot to an episode of Police Woman.  Capsuto's book is an essential work for every media, gender, and social justice scholar. He traces television and even radio's early depiction of mostly gay characters and the absence of lesbians. His book also details the LGBTQ+ community's organization and support from straight allies that fought against distorted and ugly depictions of gay and lesbian characters in television and film for more than 75 years. The overall trend in American society has been toward greater understanding and support for LGBTQ+ people and this is, to a significant degree, the result of advocates and allies pushing for more positive and diverse characterizations in popular culture. Television largely ignored lesbians until the 1970s and even then, the characters were bitter, violent, and unstable. With just a few sentences, June Lockhart, in real life, and Angie Dickinson, as Sgt. Pepper Anderson, showed viewers the power of LGBTQ+ allyship.  STEVEN CAPSUTO Website - http://alternatechannels.net/ Alternate Channels, 20th Anniversary Revised Edition (2020) by Steven Capsuto http://alternatechannels.net/book/ MENTIONS June Lockhart, Virginia Graham, Angie Dickinson, Rev. Troy Perry, Art Metrano, Donna Mills, Lois Nettleton, Randy Wicker, Judy Garland, Meet Me in St. Louis, Lassie, Lost in Space, Petticoat Junction, General Hospital, Quincy M.E., Police Woman, The Bold Ones, Medical Center, Charlie's Angels, Cagney & Lacey, The Kinsey Report, Stonewall, HIV/AIDS, Metropolitan Community Church CLIPS The Virginia Graham Show, with June Lockhart and Rev. Troy Perry (1970)  https://youtu.be/Xm2q-F6FdoY?si=35Z6kF8pN4rQotjd Police Woman, Flowers of Evil, S1E8 (1974) https://youtu.be/o6oBmnhsblA?si=U-_5nIvhYSQyLLPo CYNTHIA BEMIS ABRAMS AND ATVH ATVH Newsletter – tvherstory.com Website - https://cynthiabemisabrams.com/  Podcast Archive - tvherstory.com Email - advancedtvherstory@gmail.com Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/advancedtvherstory/ YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@advancedtvherstory X (Twitter) - https://twitter.com/tvherstory Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Media.Cynthia Bluesky Social - https://bsky.app/profile/cynthiabemisabrams.bsky.social PRODUCTION Video - Nivia Lopez - https://nivialopez.com/ Audio - Marilou Marosz - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariloumarosz/ Music - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jahzzar/  

The Stonewall uprising began in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969. Revisit that moment, and the hours and days that followed, with voices from the Making Gay History archive. Relive in vivid detail the dawning of a new chapter in the fight for LGBTQ rights.  First aired June 13, 2019. Visit our episode webpage for background information, archival photos, and other resources, as well the episode's transcript.  To hear more of Marsha P. Johnson and Randy Wicker's conversation about Stonewall, go here. And listen to Morty Manford's account of the riots here. For exclusive Making Gay History bonus content, join our Patreon community. ——— To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Stonewall uprising began in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969. Revisit that moment, and the hours and days that followed, with voices from the Making Gay History archive. Relive in vivid detail the dawning of a new chapter in the fight for LGBTQ rights.  First aired June 13, 2019. Visit our episode webpage for background information, archival photos, and other resources, as well the episode's transcript.  To hear more of Marsha P. Johnson and Randy Wicker's conversation about Stonewall, go here. And listen to Morty Manford's account of the riots here. For exclusive Making Gay History bonus content, join our Patreon community. ——— To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This is the true story of a panic that swept Boise, Idaho in 1955—a panic that continues to spread and damage our communities today. A standalone 9-episode serial podcast about a true scandal in queer history—in a new city with no Mattachine, no Bilitis, & no one to turn to. Find all things Queer Serial here: linktr.ee/queerserialIf you'd like to support my many ongoing LGBTQ history projects subscribe to bonus episodes of Queer Serial for $2.99/month here on Apple Podcasts, or $3/month here on Spotify or here on Patreon to also get my queer history archive dives & behind the scenes of my documentary currently in production about preserving Randy Wicker and Marsha P. Johnson's archive. That's all of my bonus episodes ever and all of my Patreon posts ever!!Listen to the first 4 seasons of Queer Serial free wherever you're listening to this episode right now! Hear the story of American queer liberation from its roots in the 1920s all the way through to Stonewall and beyond. Explore the Episode Guide at queerserial.com/episodes. To support my projects and get some queer merch, visit my new Etsy shop! I have lots of podcast merch from throughout the series, plus new queer history-related postcards, buttons, stickers, and other fun things! etsy.com/shop/queerhistoryuplift. Thank you all so much for your support!Follow me on Instagram @queerserial for images from the true history, subscribe to periodic email updates here, and find more info & resources for the podcast at queerserial.com. Music comes from Blue Dot Sessions. This show is entirely supported by subscribers on Patreon and by bonus episode subscribers on Apple Podcasts & Spotify for $2.99 a month. “Queer Serial” is written, hosted, edited, produced, etc. by Devlyn Camp. Thanks for listening!

The Stonewall uprising began in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969. Revisit that moment, and the hours and days that followed, with voices from the Making Gay History archive. Relive in vivid detail the dawning of a new chapter in the fight for LGBTQ rights. First aired June 13, 2019. Visit MGH's episode webpage for background information, archival photos, and other resources, as well the episode's transcript.  To hear more of Marsha P. Johnson and Randy Wicker's conversation about Stonewall, go here. And listen to Morty Manford's account of the riots here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Stonewall uprising began in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969. Revisit that moment, and the hours and days that followed, with voices from the Making Gay History archive. Relive in vivid detail the dawning of a new chapter in the fight for LGBTQ rights. First aired June 13, 2019. Visit MGH's episode webpage for background information, archival photos, and other resources, as well the episode's transcript.  To hear more of Marsha P. Johnson and Randy Wicker's conversation about Stonewall, go here. And listen to Morty Manford's account of the riots here. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Here's a little Queer Serial bonus show spin-off—direct from the Randy Wicker archive! After the success of Randy's 1962 gay radio show "Live & Let Live" (covered on the podcast in S2 E11) WBAI let him talk to anyone he wanted. So, he talked to everyone! We dug up the tapes, digitized them for the archive, and now you can hear 8 bizarre interviews (of the 10 we've found so far!), each episode beginning with an interview between me & Randy about how he found these fascinating interview subjects. Listen to the show for $3/month, and help me preserve & share more queer history at patreon.com/queerserial. xo Devlyn

Welcome to a Mattachine meeting for the 21st century! Join Devlyn Camp & queer activists, legends, and other very special guests as we discuss…everything! This is a NEW BONUS PODCAST produced to fund my many new queer history archival projects—including archiving the Marsha P. Johnson & Randy Wicker papers. Legendary Mattachino Randy Wicker and I are archiving their lifetimes of activism. Supporters like you can fund my queer history projects, while looking through the archives with me, and listening to the fabulous new bonus show. JOIN MY PATREON BEFORE FEB 1, 2022 AND I'LL SEND YOU ALL THE REWARDS FROM EVERY LEVEL!

In this very special episode, our hosts celebrate the 52nd Anniversary of The Stonewall Riot that started Pride by chatting with Dr. James Gigliello. They discuss Marsha P. Johnson, Randy Wicker and other LGBTQ icons of the time, the evolution of the Pride Parade and finally, resources to help us come together in our human struggles. #LGBTQ+ #PrideHistory #StonewallRiot As Promised: https://pridecentreofedmonton.ca/ Logo by Belleface Designs, aguignard2287@gmail.com Technical Consultation - Sonik Hip Hop Follow us on our social media: https://linktr.ee/nerdcrusade --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/nerdcrusade/message

HAPPY LGBT HISTORY MONTH Making Gay History has been a top listen of mine for years, so when I started doing this series I knew that I wanted to ask Eric Marcus to join me for an episode. I've listened to the Making Gay History podcast and Eric's soothing voice so many times, so when he said he's be on the Queer Margins I was over the moon. We spoke about Making Gay History (obviously), his life in the 80s, living through the AIDs epidemic, his life now, lockdown (again, obviously), interviewing Marsha P Johnson and the similarities between our podcasts... I really love Eric's podcast and Eric was so nice and encouraging, he was really great to chat to. Also- I've been receiving newsletters from Eric's neighbourhood and it's the perfect amount of escapism right now. Here are links to some of the things we spoke about in the episode that you might like to check out: - Making Gay History podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/1NlHk37Vo7HlGE1CFg8uGx?si=A-AnUPmlQRii6t2L_bVv1w - Making Gay History the book, by Eric Marcus: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/making-gay-history-eric-marcus?variant=32128599785506 - Marsha P Johnson and Randy Wicker: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6M8p9RRy59QsemQNvbnOGR?si=Cc3Mlop0SWavw0zyOz-BiQ - Marsha P Johnson park memorial that Eric mentioned: https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/new-york-dedicates-east-river-state-park-to-lgbtq-activist-marsha-p-johnson-082620 - Sylvia Rivera episode of Making Gay History: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7zqM4hKnqmrHqJGktBu5Vw?si=6OpGv8QpQrWWwpBfma4frA - The Celluloid Closet: Homosexuality in the Movies by Vito Russo: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/374224.The_Celluloid_Closet - Vito Russo's episode of Making Gay History: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7gOIEPhsBmaNRjHlvqQavM?si=-wEvgHDhTSWPUcxWrZTT5w - Jeanne and Morty Manford's episode of Making Gay History (PFFLAG episode): https://open.spotify.com/episode/1JogCNjy4QZ5xikOlOCoAx?si=gS4325PYTHWmKWFJ-HQvfw Thanks again for listening and thanks so much to Eric!

Featuring Sylvia Rivera, Michael Kasino, and stories about Marsha P. Johnson, the Mattachine, and radical activism. • Recorded in Hoboken, New Jersey, January 16, 2020. •More bonus episodes!! Twice a month! COMING UP: A 1920s Election Day special, and soon after, a new mini-series about a true 1950s gay sex panic that turned one small town into a witch hunt, and how the town tried to cover it up. These bonus episodes and many more already waiting for you, plus tons of other fun stuff! $3/month at Patreon.com/QueerSerial. (Bonus episodes come right to your phone like any other podcast!)Research photos, buttons, mugs, books, and even some stunning NSFW history from the era are all on my Patreon, too! It only costs a little gayola.If you’re enjoying the show, please rate and review it on Apple Podcasts to help new listeners find the show! Subscribe to the Queer Serial email list here! Thanks for your support. :)Wanna put faces to the names? See the gay bars and cruising grounds? Flip through the homophile publications? Follow the show in photos on Instagram and Twitter @queerserial.Teachers, message me for transcripts of the episodes! queerserial@gmail.comResources, donations, and the full voice cast for the podcast can be found at queerserial.com. Listen to the full, unedited version of “Live and Let Live” from WBAI in 1962 at Patreon.com/QueerSerial, or hear it in the context of its history in season 2, episode 11. Watch Randy Wicker and Sylvia Rivera talk on the pier here on YouTube or Vimeo. Watch the Marsha P. Johnson documentary “Pay It No Mind” here on YouTube. Listen to Randy’s full 1966 interview with St. Philomena on WBAI here on my website. And look through Randy’s photo collection here on Flickr!This season is also brought to you in part by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, San Francisco! Thanks, sis!Check out my other podcast for one of Chicago’s oldest gay bars Sidetrack, “OutSpoken: LGBTQ Storytelling."Music is by Blue Dot Sessions. The original Mattachine Society jester logo is used courtesy of ONE Archives at the USC Libraries. “Live and Let Live” courtesy Pacifica Radio Archives. WBAI, September 1, 1962. “Randy Wicker Interviews Sylvia Rivera on the Pier” by Randy Wicker. Do you like Tallulah Bankhead? xoxo

What will we say when we finally have their attention? • Bonus episodes, research photos, buttons, mugs, books, and even some stunning NSFW history from the era are all on my Patreon! And it only costs a little gayola, $1/month for a lot of it. Join me on Patreon at patreon.com/queerserial. THIS WEEK we’re doing a bonus episode with a deeper look at Randy Wicker’s WBAI radio show “Live and Let Live” featured in this episode! Also look through “The Rejected” transcript and behind-the-scenes of production. Stay tuned after the episode for an exciting announcement!! If you’re enjoying the show, please rate and review it on Apple Podcasts to help new listeners find the show! Subscribe to the Queer Serial email list here! Thanks for your support. :) Wanna put faces to the names? See the gay bars and cruising grounds? Flip through the homophile publications? Follow the show in photos on Instagram and Twitter @queerserial. Teachers, message me for transcripts of the episodes! queerserial@gmail.com Resources, donations, and the full voice cast for the podcast can be found at queerserial.com. Watch “The Rejected” in full here on youtube. Watch Joan Jett Blakk’s full presidential campaign announcement speech at Berlin Nightclub in Chicago here. This season is also brought to you in part by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, San Francisco! Thanks, sis! Music is by Blue Dot Sessions, and Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com. Licensed under Creative Commons by attribution 4.0. The original Mattachine Society jester logo is used courtesy of ONE Archives at the USC Libraries. Audio clips from The Rejected are licensed by Thirteen Productions and WNET. Welcome back to the show, iconic hetero drama queen Paul Coates. xoxo

José Sarria for Supervisor! Did you register to vote yet? • vote.org • Bonus episodes, research photos, buttons, mugs, books, and even some stunning NSFW history from the era are all on my Patreon! And it only costs a little gayola, $1/month for a lot of it. Join me on Patreon at patreon.com/queerserial. If you’re enjoying the show, please rate and review it on Apple Podcasts to help new listeners find the show! Subscribe to the Queer Serial email list here! Thanks for your support. :) Wanna put faces to the names? See the gay bars and cruising grounds? Flip through the homophile publications? Follow the show in photos on Instagram and Twitter @queerserial. Teachers, message me for transcripts of the episodes! queerserial@gmail.com Resources, donations, and the full voice cast for the podcast can be found at queerserial.com. Check out channingjoseph.com for more details on William Dorsey Swann, the original “queen of drag.” Watch Sylvia Rivera’s interview with Randy Wicker at the piers here on youtube. This season is also brought to you in part by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, San Francisco! We love the Sisters. Music is by Blue Dot Sessions, and Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com. Licensed under Creative Commons by attribution 4.0. The original Mattachine Society jester logo is used courtesy of ONE Archives at the USC Libraries. Hey mama, welcome to the ‘60s! xoxo

You are not exempt from white privilege just because you’re gay. Information for "Dear White People" artist: Mwende “FreeQuency” Katwiwa is a Kenyan, Immigrant, Queer Womxn storyteller. www.freequencyspeaks.com IG: @MwendersInSuspenders TWITTER: @freeqthamighty Facebook: search FreeQuency aka FreeQ tha Mighty Please consider donating to support the artist: Venmo: @mwende-Katwiwa Cash app: $mkatwiwa PayPal: PayPal.me/FreeQuency Featured Audio: “Your Assignment” speech by Andre Taylor from Not This Time (www.notthistime.global) Making Gay History, Season 1: Episode 1: Sylvia Rivera (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/season-1-episode-1-sylvia-rivera/id1162447122?i=1000376583256) Making Gay History, Season 2: Episode 1: Marsha P. Johnson and Randy Wicker (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/season-2-episode-1-marsha-p-johnson-and-randy-wicker/id1162447122?i=1000382091397) “Dear White People” by FreeQuency, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTIihYVAmRQ “Sermon: Pentecost 2020” by Rev. Joseph Peters-Mathews (https://www.sthildastpatrick.org/index.php/2020/05/may-31st-the-day-of-pentecost/) “Imagine” by Mike Johnson (John Lennon cover) Additional Homework Assignments: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera pushed out of gay rights movement (https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/06/12/transgender-women-heart-stonewall-riots-are-getting-statue-new-york/) Barbara Smith: Why I Left the Mainstream Queer Rights Movement (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/19/us/barbara-smith-black-queer-rights.html) Intersectionality Matters!, Stonewall 50: Whose Movement Is It Anyway? (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/5-stonewall-50-whose-movement-is-it-anyway/id1441348908?i=1000443083481) Harvard’s Project Implicit Test (https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/) 13TH (https://www.netflix.com/title/80091741)

A rebroadcast of Eric's 1989 interview with Marsha P. Johnson and Randy Wicker. Hear conflicting perspectives on Stonewall from this pair of unlikely roommates. Marsha co-founded the Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries after Stonewall; Randy had led the way in the earlier homophile movement. Visit our website for background information, archival photos, and other resources. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A rebroadcast of Eric’s 1989 interview with Marsha P. Johnson and Randy Wicker. Hear conflicting perspectives on Stonewall from this pair of unlikely roommates. Marsha co-founded the Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries after Stonewall; Randy had led the way in the earlier homophile movement. Visit our website for background information, archival photos, and other resources.

In this Episode, I focus on various smaller riots and actions of the LGBTQ+ community that took place in the 1960s prior to Stonewall, as well as covering the Stonewall Riots. Sources Used in this EpisodeSides, Josh. Erotic City: Sexual Revolutions and the Making of Modern San Francisco. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009. The Council of Religion and the Homosexual. The LGBT Religious Archives Network. Online Exhibit. Accessed November 12, 2016. Vicki L. Eaklor. “Gay Rights Movement, US.” Social Sciences and History. GLBTQ Encyclopedia Archives, GLBTQ Inc: (2008), 1.Martin Duberman. Stonewall. (New York, NY: Plume Books: 1994), 194.https://www.them.us/story/who-threw-the-first-brick-at-stonewallhttp://www.nyclgbtsites.org/site/picket-at-the-great-hall-cooper-union-second-ever-u-s-gay-rights-protest/ 7.mhttp://www.nyclgbtsites.org/site/picket-in-front-of-u-s-army-building-first-ever-u-s-gay-rights-protest/Faderman, Lillian. Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers: A History of Lesbian Life in Twentieth-Century America. New York, NY: Columbia University Press, 1991.Faderman, Lillian. The Gay Revolution. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 2016.STEIN, MARC. 2019. “A Theory of Revolution for the Riots.” Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide 26 (3): 19–20. “The Black Cat.” 2009. Advocate, no. 1023 (February): 23. BONDY, RENÉE. 2018. “Revisiting the Stonewall Narrative.” Herizons 32 (2): 10–11. Jerome Rodriguez, 2017. “Randy Wicker, Unsung Hero in LGBT-Rights Movement.” LGBT History Month. Philadelphia Gay News (Oct-27-Nov. 2): 13.“Randolfe “Randy” Wicker. 2007. “Speaking ‘Truth to Power’” Gay & Lesbian Times, Uptown Publications.

Years before the Stonewall Riots, gay culture was alive and thriving -- underground -- in New York City's bar culture. The "Sip-in," modeled after the Sit-in protests of the Civil Rights movement, was an effort to bring gay culture and rights out of the shadows and into the mainstream. Led by Dick Leitsch, President of the New York chapter of the Mattachine Society, the demonstration sought to show how gays were mistreated for something as simple as buying a drink.  We spoke with Randy Wicker, activist and author who was present for the demonstration. He talked about the motivations for the Sip-in, gay rights demonstrations before and after, and the difficulties of being turned away.

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA We go back to the night in June 1969 at the New York City Stonewall Inn that sparked the LGBT rights movement. On today's show we'll hear about the day that galvanized a generation and the continued fight for LGBT civil rights. The first Pride parades took place in June 1970 marking the 1st anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising. Michael Schirker and David Isay bring us an oral history Remembering Stonewall: The Birth of a Movement. Editor at large of the Huffington Posts' Gay Voices Michelangelo Signorile says while there have been a series of recent wins for the LGBT rights movement, bigotry remains a daily reality for many. At a  New America NYC forum Signorile spoke with June Thomas, Culture Critic and Editor of Outward, Slate's LGBTQ Section about what he calls “victory blindness”. It's a central theme in his new book, titled “It's Not Over, Getting to Beyond Tolerance Defeating Homophobia and Winning True Equality.” Special thanks to Pacifica Radio Archives for “Remembering Stonewall: The Birth of a Movement” produced by David Isay for Pacifica Radio http://www.pacificaradioarchives.org Special thanks to New America NYC for It's Not Over: Winning True Equality https://www.newamerica.org/nyc/its-not-over-2/ Featuring: President Barack Obama, Geane Harwood, Bruce Merrow, Sylvia Rivera, Deputy Inspector Seymor Pine, Red Mahoney; Joan Nestle, founder of the Lesbian Herstory Archive; Randy Wicker; Jim Fouratt, yippie leader and helped found the Gay Liberation Front; Howard Smith, reporter for the Village Voice; Martin Boyce aka Miss Martin, Rudy; Mama Jean; Michelangelo Signorile host of the Michelangelo Signorile Sirius XM, editor at large of the Huffington Posts' Gay Voices, and author of It's Not Over, Getting Beyond Tolerance Defeating Homphobia and Winning True Equality; and June Thomas, Culture Critic and Editor of Outward, Slate's LGBTQ section. More information: Remembering Stonewall: a radio documentary on the birth of a movement / narrated by Michael Schirker and produced by David Isay. Soundportraits: Remembering Stonewall full transcripts Brain Pickings: After Stonewall: The First-Ever Pride Parades in Vintage Photos Columbia: Stonewall and Beyond: Lesbian and Gay Culture The Pacifica Radio/UC Berkeley Social Activism Sound Recording Project: Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual, Transsexual History New America NYC: It's Not Over: Winning True Equality Huffington Post, Gay Voices: Michelangelo Signorile On ‘It's Not Over' And The Future Of The LGBT Movement Think Progress: 9 States With Anti-Gay Laws That Aren't That Different From Russia's Time: How Gay Rights Won in Indiana The Leadership Conference: LGBT Civil Rights HuffPost, Gay Voices: As the Wedge Turns: Is a Federal LGBT Civil Rights Act Actually Feasible in the Near Future?   The post Beyond Stonewall:The Push for LGBT Civil Rights appeared first on KPFA.

Meet Marsha P. Johnson and Randy Wicker—two very different heroes of the early LGBT civil rights movement. Marsha was a Street Transvestite Action Revolutionary. Randy led the first gay demonstration in 1964 in coat and tie. Visit our episode webpage for background information, archival photos, and other resources. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Meet Marsha P. Johnson and Randy Wicker—two very different heroes of the early LGBT civil rights movement. Marsha was a Street Transvestite Action Revolutionary. Randy led the first gay demonstration in 1964 in coat and tie. Visit our episode webpage for background information, archival photos, and other resources.

Making Gay History mines Eric Marcus's 30-year-old audio archive of rare interviews to create intimate, personal portraits of both known and long-forgotten champions, heroes, and witnesses to LGBTQ history. In this preview we offer a taste of what's to come in Season Two, featuring the extraordinary voices of Shirley Willer, Hal Call, Barbara Gittings, Jean O'Leary, Morris Foote, and Randy Wicker and Marsha P. Johnson.  To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Making Gay History mines Eric Marcus’s 30-year-old audio archive of rare interviews to create intimate, personal portraits of both known and long-forgotten champions, heroes, and witnesses to LGBTQ history. In this preview we offer a taste of what’s to come in Season Two, featuring the extraordinary voices of Shirley Willer, Hal Call, Barbara Gittings, Jean O’Leary, Morris Foote, and Randy Wicker and Marsha P. Johnson. 

We go back to the night in June 1969 at the New York City Stonewall Inn that sparked the LGBT rights movement. On today's show we'll hear about the day that galvanized a generation and the continued fight for LGBT civil rights. The first Pride parades took place in June 1970 marking the 1st anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising. Michael Schirker and David Isay bring us an oral history Remembering Stonewall: The Birth of a Movement. Editor at large of the Huffington Posts' Gay Voices Michelangelo Signorile says while there have been a series of recent wins for the LGBT rights movement, bigotry remains a daily reality for many. At a  New America NYC forum Signorile spoke with June Thomas, Culture Critic and Editor of Outward, Slate's LGBTQ Section about what he calls “victory blindness.” It's a central theme in his new book, titled “It's Not Over, Getting to Beyond Tolerance Defeating Homophobia and Winning True Equality.” Special thanks to Pacifica Radio Archives for “Remembering Stonewall: The Birth of a Movement” produced by David Isay for Pacifica Radio http://www.pacificaradioarchives.org Special thanks to New America NYC for It's Not Over: Winning True Equality https://www.newamerica.org/nyc/its-not-over-2/ Featuring: President Barack Obama, Geane Harwood, Bruce Merrow, Sylvia Rivera, Deputy Inspector Seymor Pine, Red Mahoney; Joan Nestle, founder of the Lesbian Herstory Archive; Randy Wicker; Jim Fouratt, yippie leader and helped found the Gay Liberation Front; Howard Smith, reporter for the Village Voice; Martin Boyce aka Miss Martin, Rudy; Mama Jean; Michelangelo Signorile host of the Michelangelo Signorile Sirius XM, editor at large of the Huffington Posts' Gay Voices, and author of It's Not Over, Getting Beyond Tolerance Defeating Homphobia and Winning True Equality; and June Thomas, Culture Critic and Editor of Outward, Slate's LGBTQ section. More information: Remembering Stonewall: a radio documentary on the birth of a movement / narrated by Michael Schirker and produced by David Isay. Soundportraits: Remembering Stonewall full transcripts Brain Pickings: After Stonewall: The First-Ever Pride Parades in Vintage Photos Columbia: Stonewall and Beyond: Lesbian and Gay Culture The Pacifica Radio/UC Berkeley Social Activism Sound Recording Project: Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual, Transsexual History New America NYC: It's Not Over: Winning True Equality Huffington Post, Gay Voices: Michelangelo Signorile On ‘It's Not Over' And The Future Of The LGBT Movement Think Progress: 9 States With Anti-Gay Laws That Aren't That Different From Russia's Time: How Gay Rights Won in Indiana The Leadership Conference: LGBT Civil Rights HuffPost, Gay Voices: As the Wedge Turns: Is a Federal LGBT Civil Rights Act Actually Feasible in the Near Future?   The post Beyond Stonewall: The Push for LGBT Civil Rights appeared first on KPFA.

THIS EPISODE Mike catches up with Clark Sheehan, one time 7Up Colorado Cyclist racer now known as the "Fencing Tycoon," who turns the tables on Mike and makes the podcast as much about Creed as himself.Born and raised in Denver, Colorado, Sheehan was lured to cycling much the same way as other Colorado natives during the late '70's and early '80's - by the Coors Classic. He began racing at the age of 14, and soon showed his gift by winning a junior national time trial title. An 'apprenticeship' under the then-national coach Eddie Borysewicz at the Olympic Training Center soon followed, along with time spent racing in Belgium.In between laughing and reminiscing, the two talk dream women, teammates past, shifting priorities, being a polylinguist, everybody's Randy Wicker legend, their times on U.S. Postal and Rock Racing, and how you come to rationalize things as a bike racer.Their conversation ranges from track racing to cyclocross on mountain bikes and everything in between, including that time that Clark ruined Creed's prom.You're guaranteed to enjoy this funny and freewheeling trip down memory lane with two old friends.

THIS EPISODE Mike catches up with Clark Sheehan, one time 7Up Colorado Cyclist racer now known as the "Fencing Tycoon," who turns the tables on Mike and makes the podcast as much about Creed as himself. Born and raised in Denver, Colorado, Sheehan was lured to cycling much the same way as other Colorado natives during the late '70's and early '80's - by the Coors Classic. He began racing at the age of 14, and soon showed his gift by winning a junior national time trial title. An 'apprenticeship' under the then-national coach Eddie Borysewicz at the Olympic Training Center soon followed, along with time spent racing in Belgium. In between laughing and reminiscing, the two talk dream women, teammates past, shifting priorities, being a polylinguist, everybody's Randy Wicker legend, their times on U.S. Postal and Rock Racing, and how you come to rationalize things as a bike racer. Their conversation ranges from track racing to cyclocross on mountain bikes and everything in between, including that time that Clark ruined Creed's prom. You're guaranteed to enjoy this funny and freewheeling trip down memory lane with two old friends.